The church at Antioch made seven commitments that proved favorable for the growth of the Kingdom of God.

"Seven Commitments Of The Church At Antioch"
Acts 11:19-26 "Bible Passage"
Antioch was Paul’s home church. The first worldwide missionary effort began there and has never ceased. Paul received much inspiration and support for Antioch. The Church at Antioch made seven commitments that
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Emulate the Model Church of Antioch 1) Faithfully worship and pray 2) Selflessly support mission work 3) Whole-heartedly encourage your (divinely) called workers

Well, are you excited about the announcement regarding our new church? If you weren’t at the voters’ meeting a couple of weeks ago and haven’t read the meeting highlights in the bulletin, you may not know what I’m talking about. In a little over a week an architect is scheduled to submit a couple
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A Study of the Book of Acts
Sermon # 24
“Its all About Missions”
Acts 12:25-13:12
The last verse of chapter 12 begins the story by relating the return of Barnabas and Saul. We are told, “And Barnabas and Saul
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This is the second sermon in the series "Becoming A Contagious Congregation, A Study of the Church at Antioch".

There was something special about the church at Antioch. We’ve already seen (in the first sermon in this series) that God’s hand was on them because they were a praying, Spirit-filled congregation.
Notice what Luke says about the way Barnabas perceived the church at Antioch. In Acts 11:23 it
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This is the first sermon in the series, "Becoming A Contagious Congregation, A Study of the Church at Antioch".

Notice Acts 11:21 from our scripture reading - "And THE HAND OF THE LORD WAS WITH THEM and a great number believed, and turned to the Lord."
The church at Antioch was a CONTAGIOUS CONGREGATION. The fact that "a great number believed, and turned to the Lord", gets our attention.
I want to
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This is the third sermon in the series, "Becoming A Contagious Congregation, A Study of the Church at Antioch".

Ever wonder why the disciples were first called Christians at Antioch?
We’ve already learned in the first two sermons in this series that Antioch was a Spirit-filled, praying, good news-sharing, missions-minded body of believers displaying evidence of God’s power and grace in their
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This is the fourth and final sermon in the series, "Becoming A Contagious Congregation, A Study of the Church at Antioch".

One last paragraph about the church at Antioch.
"And in those days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
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A look at the church in Antioch of Syria and what made it a great church

SERIES: “LESSONS FROM THE EARLY CHURCH”
TEXT: ACTS 11:19-29; 12:25-13:3; 14:26-28; 15:1-3
TITLE: “AN EXAMPLE OF A GREAT CHURCH: 9 Marks of a Great Church as Exemplified in the Church at Antioch”
INTRODUCTION: A. What does being “great” mean?
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Dr. Wood shows his listeners four things the Church at Antioch had that the church desperately needs today.

The church at Antioch became the model distribution center of its day.
That is what churches are to be A distribution center for the Gospel.
Not just for its local area but focused on the world
God gives the routes in Acts 1:8
But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon
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Acts 13: 1-3 describes the characteristics of the church at Antioch and the qualities God expects for our church as well.

WHAT KIND OF CHURCH SHOULD WE BE?
Acts 13:1-3
INTRO: The largest church in the world is an Assembly of God church in Seoul, Korea, with a membership of 200,000. How would you like to be a part of such a church?
The church at Antioch of Syria was a great church. After the martyrdom of
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This sermon looks at three characteristics of the church in Antioch that teach us about church growth.

The First Christians
Acts 11:19-29
June 30, 2002
Intro:
A. [illustration]
John Bisagno former Pastor of Houston’s First Baptist Church tells the story of his coming there to candidate for the position of pastor many years ago.
He said that as he entered the auditorium it was dimly lit,
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A challenge to the Church, to take up where the church at Antioch left off, the task: the unfinished business of taking the Gospel to the ends of the Earth!

Percentage of new church members who have come from another church: 80
-- Pentecostal Evangel, 3/210/92. "To Verify," Leadership.
The church is the only cooperative society in the world that exists for the benefit of its nonmembers.
-- William Temple, Leadership, Vol. 5, no. 4.
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The church of Antioch characterized a successful church because of its quality leaders. You can determine the quality of most organizations by the character of their leadership. The Antioch church proved to be the most influential and illustrious of all t

1. The church of Antioch characterized a successful church because of its quality leaders. You can determine the quality of most organizations by the character of their leadership.
The Antioch church proved to be the most influential and illustrious of all the first century churches because of
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We know the word gospel means good news. Is the good news that Jesus made some sort of down payment for the salvation of sinners, or did He pay it all? That’s the very question that had to be answered in the first century church of Antioch, and that’s t

The word “gospel” means good news. We know the heart of the gospel is the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ, but what exactly is the good news about that? Is it that Jesus did what He did as sort of a down payment, and then we have to keep up the installments of our salvation by doing
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“Unity in Diversity”
Acts 11:19-30
Intro: Read “First EZ Church”
For many of us, this is our idea of a church. Some of you might have even been scrambling for a pencil to jot down the address. But the truth is, often our churches are not what God designed for them to be. This morning, we
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